Don't think I missed the point at all
Labor rates UP
Factory space cost UP
Parts UP
Advertising cost Up
Taxes UP
Convention Rates, Travel, Hotels, UP

And at an inflation rate of 4% per year -- the $700 1986 radio would be
$1533 today (sound familiar)

I doubt any mfg can produce your $100 radio (with a 40% margin u wud have to
build it for $60 !!!)
Maybe in China Huh ?

Even the Elecraft basic radio -- (u build it) is $359
And it is CW only -- 4 bands 40, 30, 20 and 17 or 15M
But they are selling a lot of them - folks still love to build


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CL -- I doubt, therefore I might be !






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"Caveat Lector" wrote in message
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Whatever happenet to a simple to operate 100watt HF rig that transmits
and
recieves??... something in the way of an inexpensive, baseline, HAM band
*only* rig... maybe along the lines of the re-production of the TS-130S.

-n6ojn

With the advent of microprocessor based Ham rigs- many more features and
wide band (HF, 6M, 2M, 440 and SWL) coverage is easily obtainable at
about the same price as a new TS-130S (about $700 new 1980's). See ICOM
706 Mark II G. The "G" is an all-mode transceiver provides 100 watts on
HF and 6 meters and 50 watts on 2 meters plus 20 watts on 440 MHz. It
receives from 30 kHz to 199 MHz and from 400 to 470 MHz. For $899

In the 1980's you would have paid twice that for separate radios to cover
those bands all mode

Lots bang for the buck

As far as complexity -- most have a menu presets -- choose your options
and will operate much the same way as a TS-130S

You completely missed the point..... A *simple to operate* 100 watt HF
rig, NOT microprocessor based, HAM BANDS ONLY...
What was $700 over 25 years ago, should be able to be produced today for
just a hundred bucks or so. When the latest electronic toys come out, they
command a premium price, and after a couple of years, the price goes down
to where a working stiff can afford them.